Jennifer Schenker
The Innovator
Jennifer L. Schenker has been covering the technology sector from Europe since 1985. She worked in various positions for the Wall Street Journal, TIME, and BusinessWeek. In 2016, she launched The Innovator, a website and subscription newsletter about digital transformation and sustainability that is read by the people responsible for innovation at some of the world’s largest companies.
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Aenne Burda Award Ceremony 2022
“My dream, my passion, my daily motivation is to find a cure for Alzheimer”, Andrea Pfeifer, the recipient of the 2022 Aenne Burda Award, says in her acceptance speech. The disease “takes away your memory, your talents, your personality, your independence, your way to live – and finally, your life”. A growing number of people…
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News in Drug Development & AI
Prof. Yaakov Nahmias is a bioengineer and innovator, whose breakthroughs ranged from the first 3D printing of cells to the first commercial human-on-chip technology. In this exciting fireside chat with Jennifer Schenker, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Innovator, Nahmias describes how Tissue Dynamics, his latest startup, promises to speed up drug discovery with the help…
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Accelerating Clean Tech
Keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius is an enormous task. In this DLD Munich session, Ann Mettler (Breaktrough Energy), Philipp Furler (Synhelion), Heike Freund (Marvel Fusion) and Rafael Laguna de la Vera (German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND) discuss ways to accelerate clean tech with moderator Jennifer Schenker (The Innovator). “The need for…
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Why Cybersecurity Is A Matter of Diversity And Values
In this DLD Sync session, Siemens Cybersecurity Officer & Chief Diversity Officer Natalia Oropeza and Zeina Zakhour, VP & Global CTO for Digital Security at Atos, discuss with The Innovator’s Jennifer Schenker why diversity and values play an integral role in cybersecurity.
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Space Clouds
The new space race would be quite a slog without cloud computing, as Amazon CTO Werner Vogels illustrates in this engaging DLD Summer talk with Jennifer Schenker, Editor of The Innovator. Many industry players, from NASA to startups, rely on smart data centers to power their efforts. “There’s huge up-front costs for anyone who wants…
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Space: The New Frontier
Space exploration is a billion dollar global market. It holds the promise of creating unforeseen business opportunities as well as solving global challenges. Big players and visionaries out of the United States are naturally affiliated with space technology. But what about Europe? There’s plenty of talent, creativity and know-how for the continent to play an…
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What’s Next in Tech?
E-commerce giant Amazon was among the first to realize the power of data analytics in the cloud. The company’s Amazon Web Service’s business (AWS) has become one of the most profitable business units. But the industry is quickly changing, with startups joining established players in racing to add new functionality to cloud computing. Amazon’s Chief…
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Three Takeaways From DLD Campus Bayreuth
Bavaria is one of Germany’s most innovative regions. Our DLD Campus conference at University of Bayreuth brought together business leaders, scientists and politicians for a full day of discussions centering around topics like artificial intelligence and automation, corporate change, sustainability and mobility. For a quick overview here’s a recap of major subjects, including select videos.…
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AI – Your Wingman to Success
What would actually happen, if AI would take over your job? A question Pablos Holman, hacker, inventor and futurist, thinks a lot about. People would thrive, is his answer. A lot of them would lose their jobs, but it wouldn’t be a bad thing. In his opinion they could finally do what only humans can do:…
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